So I am leaving tomorrow to camp out in Smoky National for a week. I've been stressed because of my tinnitus and some projects at work, and I am very curious if change in environment and de-stressing would help with tinnitus symptoms. I am going to follow up on Monday.
So I am leaving tomorrow to camp out in Smoky National for a week. I've been stressed because of my tinnitus and some projects at work, and I am very curious if change in environment and de-stressing would help with tinnitus symptoms. I am going to follow up on Monday.
I've taken a few trips this summer and it was much easier to ignore my tinnitus when I was occupied with other things. After the first trip, I was worried that it was louder until I realized that was simply because I was back in my quiet house focusing on it. Just keep that in mind if the same happens to you!
I am back from my trip. While camping I couldn't hear T because there were plenty of other sounds in the forest. I also didn't experience the pressure on the back of the head or dizziness that I started to develop few days before my trip. As I am back I see that my T is about at the same level before I left. First night I woke up mid-night because of it, and I used some sound masking to go back to sleep.
So some thoughts. I know my T really exists but what makes it worse (and gives me other symptoms) is possibly the type of stress I get from work. I have a ton of stress right now, and that turns into anxiety over my T and work issues. There were a couple of stressful issues during the trip but they didn't cause any T-related issues.